ISLAMABAD, Feb 28, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – Pakistan will release a captured Indian
pilot on Friday, Prime Minister Imran Khan told a joint session of parliament
Thursday, in an overture towards New Delhi after soaring tensions fuelled
fears of conflict between the nuclear-armed rivals.
“As a peace gesture we are releasing the Indian pilot tomorrow,” Khan
said, a day after Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman was shot down in a rare
aerial engagement between the South Asian neighbours over the disputed region
of Kashmir.